When you step into a truly luxurious home, you feel it: an almost imperceptible lift, a weightlessness, as though the house itself is breathing elegance. While finishes and furniture play their parts, ...

When sizing up a room for a makeover, the color of the ceiling isn’t usually the first decorating question we hit upon. It’s usually a foregone conclusion: The ceiling gets a coat of flat white and on ...

Finishing a basement is an ideal way to expand your living space without expanding your house. Since your basement already has the basics of a room in place - walls, floor, ceiling - it doesn't take a ...

The ceiling, the fifth wall of the living space, has for ages been ignored. It plays a critical role in helping you achieve that elaborate finish to a room. Often, many think nobody looks up there, ...

Look up in nearly any room in your house -- from the bedroom to the bathroom -- and most of us are likely to see the same thing: a boring, white ceiling. But consider your ceiling a blank canvas with ...

Approach the front of this mansion and you may freeze for a moment to absorb the lavish detail. But this entrance is just a lead-in to the ornate features that fill the inside, both materials and ...

Because most ceilings are so plain to begin with, a ceiling makeover can have a more dramatic effect than projects involving more work and square footage. From paint to pressed tin panels, here are ...

Ceilings, like this year`s hemlines, appear to be going up. It`s not that the dramatic cathedral and vaulted ceilings used by Chicago area home builders are getting any taller. What`s news today is ...

Ahram Online discussed with architect and designer Mohamed Ali Taha how ceiling designs in 2025 do far more than cap a room, from exposed beams to layered lighting and smart systems. Ceiling design ...